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New Design: The Green Card Goes Green

Release Date:
May 11, 2010

The new $100 bill will now share the spotlight with another newly designed green cohort: The Green Card.

The redesign modernizes the Green Card - known officially as the "Permanent Resident Card" - with state-of-the-art technology. The new features make the card more secure for officials and card holders alike. Here is a preview:

Embedded data and holographs to make the detection of fraudulent cards easier.

Cutting edge printing and forensic features for added security.

A return address on the back of each card for return of lost cards.

Beginning May 11, 2010, USCIS will issue all Green Cards in the new format. It will be the most modern and secure Green Card ever issued. In one respect, however, the new card will get back to its roots: It will once again be green!

Comments (84)

I wonder what budget this is coming from? Is this why they're upping our taxes?

Aug. 12, 2010

M Jones

If one of the most important features is that it is fraud proof, it is all worth the change. Does it have an electronic chip?

Aug. 12, 2010

Alexandr

Hi, all ! America is one of the best countries in the world.That is a good iniciative.

Nov. 17, 2010

Anonymous

It took quite sometime to read all these posts, and to realize the pain, and sorrow behind everyone's case in EB2/EB3 and USA govt doing nothing to clear the backlog, All who posted are brilliant and expressed the real life pain,10yrs 12 years huh! Is it a joke.

Hello, i would just like to make a statement about green cards in general. i am not EB1,2,3 or any other specifically qualified individual. i am a Jamaican national that lost my card and i applied for my GC in feb/06.they finally issued my replacement in march of 2010 despite the time and money spent fighting and waiting for it.to me this is ridiculous to wait this long for a replacement.i only write this to let everyone know you are not alone. this issue affects a lot of people and it is quite unfair. my only solace is to think and hope they are spending/taking that much time to make the system more secure for legal immigrants,which it looks like they have. just my .02

Jan. 2, 2011

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All documents now have computer chips or other improvements and are more difficult to change identity, so good to see the green card to improve as well.

Jan. 3, 2011

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The immigration security needs to use latest technology against altering and misuse of documents, the current features will prevent fraudulent usage.

Feb. 17, 2011

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I have to say the new green card looks outstanding. I think if the picture isn't black and white looks even better and also it's easier to identify the card holder.

May 2, 2011

Ken Christensen

This raises an interesting question... why was the "green card" not green to begin with?

July 30, 2011

Sharat Vasan

Why does the most ineffective organization in US need to go for a re-designed green card. They need to focus on hiring new people, training their existing ones so that the huge backlog (irrespective of the country) is removed. I guess they have more time in their hands.